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Cape Town properties beat Johannesburg again

Cape Town properties beat Johannesburg again

Cape Town – The Cape property market continues to define and set the bar ever higher according to Seeff chair Samuel Seeff.

For the second consecutive year, the Cape metropolitan property market exceeded that of Johannesburg both in transaction volume and value terms as demand outweighs supply.

With around 11 487 property transactions worth about R20bn, it generated over 40% more value than the Johannesburg metro’s just under R13.7bn (11 307 transactions).

Average prices in the Cape also continue appreciating at an inflation beating pace. According to the latest FNB Western Cape House Price Index, Cape property appreciated at around 14.9% on average, well above last year’s national average of 6% to 8%.

The average price of sectional title property is now at around R1.5m, significantly more than the R800 000 for the Johannesburg metro. Freehold property now sells for around R1.8m on average, about 20% more than Johannesburg’s R1.5m.

Seeff said the strong demand is attributable to a number of factors. Bank lending is on the rise and so too is buy-to-let investment which, according to the FNB index, now accounts for around 10% of all activity, up from 6% in 2012.

At the same time, financial-stress related selling is down while financially strong sellers are once again upgrading, accounting for a further 19% of activity and driving demand for higher priced property.

In line with global trends that point to the wealthy gaining in wealth and investing more in property, trophy home sales across the city more than doubled year-on-year to about R1.506bn (about 51 sales) compared to 26 sales worth R762m in 2013.

This includes about seven sales above R40m, the highest number ever and with prices ranging to R65m and R70m on the Atlantic Seaboard and R69m in the southern suburbs (Bishopscourt).

A further boost to the market came from foreign buyers who invested about R2.1bn, about 30% more than in 2013, said Seeff. About R1.17bn of this came from the suburbs of the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl, almost R491m from the southern suburbs (including the Constantiaberg area), just over R231m from Hout Bay and the remainder mostly from the Blouberg and False Bay areas.

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Upcountry buyers

Activity was further boosted by upcountry buyers, mostly from the greater Johannesburg and Pretoria area who comprised as much as 15% to 20% in areas such as the Atlantic Seaboard, southern suburbs, Hout Bay and Somerset West over the last year, said Seeff.

This includes buyers relocating to the city as well as those who invested in second homes for holiday purposes or the long-term objective of ultimately moving here permanently.

Rental market

The rental market too is seeing excellent activity, said Seeff. From mid-market areas across the northern, western and south-eastern side of the city to the top end areas of the southern suburbs where luxury homes in Constantia and Bishopscourt now fetch rental rates upwards of R30 000 to R60 000 per month, there is no shortage of demand.

Apartments across the CBD, V&A Waterfront, Green Point through to Sea Point remain in demand with rental rates now ranging upwards of R10 000 to around R25 000. Luxury homes in Clifton, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye and Camps Bay now fetch anything upwards of R30 000 to R80 000 per month on long term rentals of twelve months and longer.

Sectional title and freehold prices

The Cape has a very unique value proposition, said Seeff. As shown by the average sectional title and freehold prices, the city is home to some of the most valuable property in the country.

The Atlantic Seaboard suburbs of Clifton, Bantry Bay, Fresnaye, Camps Bay and the V&A Waterfront make up the country’s richest real estate belt and, together with Constantia and Bishopscourt rank amongst the most valuable in the country with buyers prepared to pay upwards of R20m to well over R100m for a luxury home here.

Last year, WealthInsight (a London wealth consultancy) released data that pointed to the Cape as being home to almost 600 properties valued at more than R20m, almost twice as many as Johannesburg. It also ranked Cape Town in the top 20 second home buying destinations among global multi-millionaires.

The efficient marketing of the city has, in the last year alone, seen it rank amongst the most sought-after by Condé Nast Traveler, The Telegraph (UK), Wall Street Journal (USA), New York Times, Lonely Planet and CNN World who named it amongst the most loved cities.

Aside from good governance, service delivery and a strong economy, Cape Town delivers on three key elements – location, lifestyle and scarcity – that makes it a global high demand and valuable property hot spot, said Seeff.

“We have now had two years of good growth in the Cape property market and 2015 looks set to be another good year, the economic challenges notwithstanding, he says. Our agents continue to report strong buyer demand and tight inventory levels, especially in the hot spot areas such as the Atlantic Seaboard and City Bowl, southern suburbs, Somerset West, Hout Bay and Blouberg.”

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